Tidy-fastener



(No Model.)

0. S. SNEDDEN.

TIDY FASTBNER. No. 384,293. Patented June 12, 1888.

\ cut the same to a proper length.

UNITED STATES PATENT @rrren,

OORA S. SNEDDEJ, OF BRADDOOK, PENNSYLVANIA,

Tl DY FASTEN 5R.

$PECIPICATI'ON forming part: of Letters Patent No. 384,293, dated June 12, 1888.

Application filed January 1-4, 18%. Serial No. 260,796. No model.)

To aZZ whom it 12mg concern.-

Be it known that I, Conn S. SNEDDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brad dock, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tidy-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved device for attaching tidies,,&e., to articles of furniture; audit consistsin apiece of steel or spring wire, each end of which is formed into a loop and the central portion bent to form a rectangular spring, together with certain details of construction, as will be fully set forth hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved fastener constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the manncr of applying my invention to the cornerof an ordinary mantel-piece.

To put my invention into practice, I provide a piece of steel or other spring wire, 0, and At each end of this wire I form a large circular loop, a, which serves to give the device a substantial bearing against the fabric. I now form by suitable means, at an equal distance from the loops as, a rectangular spring, I), which, when properly constructed, will bring the loops as near together and the one directly above the other.

By means of a device such as described tidies, 850., may be secured to the backs of chairs and other articles of furniture and the fastener concealed beneath the article.

Having thus described inyinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. The fastener herein described, consisting of a piece of wire, 0, having a loop, a, formed at each end, the rectangular spring b, formed from the central portion of the wire 0, and the loops a, brought the one directly above the other, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described fastener having a circular loop, a, on each end of the same and bent in such a manner as to bring the one above the other, and a spring, b, formed from the central portion of the wire a, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto aflix my signature this 10th day of May, A. D. 1888.

CORA S. SNEDDEN. [L. s]

In presence of- T. F. EWING, FRANK W. Sm'rn, 

